Belle Isle Conservancy Gears Up For Earth Week With Pandemic-Friendly Changes To Annual Island Cleanup
Earth Week is just a couple of weeks away and environmental groups all along the Detroit River are gearing up...
Recent Mass Shootings Reinvigorate Gun Debate Nationwide and Here in Michigan
With two mass shootings in as many weeks, it seems as though the conversation about gun control legislation and real...
Grand Rapids Turns to Natural Infrastructure To Deal With Extreme Rain Events
Climate change in the Great Lakes region means more intense storms. Already some towns are finding they’re flooding where they...
All Detroiters 16 and Older Are Now Eligible for COVID-19 Vaccine
Any Detroiter 16 years or older can get the coronavirus vaccine. The new eligibility comes as the city introduces a...
Supporters Hope Infrastructure Spending Can Help Reduce Inequality in Michigan
The new focus on a massive infrastructure spending plan in Washington has big implications here in Michigan. As part of...
GOP Efforts to Make Voting Harder Underway in Michigan
The nationwide effort to make voting harder after the November election has come to Michigan. GOP lawmakers in the state...
How Wetlands Can Help Prevent Property Damage and Save Lives During Floods
The Great Lakes region is seeing more intense rainstorms. Storms that were once considered 100-year events or even 500-year events...
Anti-Asian Racism Is Nothing New, Sen. Stephanie Chang Says, But Now There’s a ‘Renewed Sense of Urgency’ To Take Action
Over the last year, America has seen a significant rise in anti-Asian hate and discrimination, including recent high-profile incidences of...
Ron Weiser Makes Misogynistic Remarks about Michigan’s Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney General
Ron Weiser, the chairman of the Michigan Republican Party, made misogynistic comments about Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Attorney General Dana Nessel and joked...
Heather McGhee On What Poverty And Racism Costs All of Us
“We all do better when we all do better.” It’s a quote made famous by the late progressive Minnesota Sen....
Gilbert Family Foundation, Rocket Community Fund’s $500M Initiative Aims To Erase Tax Debt for Low-Income Detroiters
Billionaire and Quicken Loans co-founder Dan Gilbert is leading an effort to erase property tax debt for thousands of Detroit...
Michigan Sees Virus Surge, But Tighter Restrictions Unlikely
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan, which not long ago had one of the country’s lowest COVID-19 infection rates, is confronting...
